KHLR

For the military facility near Killeen, Texas, assigned the ICAO code KHLR, see Hood Army Airfield. For the Maumelle, Arkansas, radio station that held the call sign KHLR at 94.9 FM, see KHKN.

KHLR
City	Benton, Arkansas
Broadcast area	Little Rock, Arkansas
Branding	106.7 The Ride
Slogan	Little Rock's New Country
Frequency	106.7 MHz
First air date	1993 (as KMVK)
Format	Country
ERP	13,000 watts
HAAT	292.7 meters
Class	C2
Facility ID	6819
Transmitter coordinates	34°47′56.00″N 92°29′53.00″W / 34.7988889°N 92.4980556°W / 34.7988889; -92.4980556
Former callsigns	KAKI (?-1992, CP) KGKO-FM (1992-1993, CP) KMVK (1993-1997) KDDK (1997-2002) KHKN (2002-2009)
Owner	Signal Media (Signal Media of Arkansas, Inc.)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	1067theride.com

KHLR (106.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Benton, Arkansas, USA, it serves the Little Rock area. The station is currently owned by Signal Media of Arkansas, Inc. The station's studios are located just west of downtown along the south shore of the Arkansas River (David D. Terry Lake), and the transmitter tower is located on Shinall Mountain, near the Chenal Valley neighborhood of Little Rock.

Prior to March 31, 2008, 106.7 was known as KHKN, "The Wolf", and had a classic country format. On that date, "The Wolf" moved to 105.1 FM (currently KMJX) and KHKN was retitled "TOM-FM".^[1] According to Phil Hunt, regional programming vice-president of Clear Channel Communications, "We're going to call the station Tom FM after Tom Wood and his famous Brown Bagger show."^[1]

On August 17, 2009, KHKN swapped formats and call letters with KHLR 94.9 FM, and switched to urban gospel, branded as "Hallelujah FM".

On April 12, 2011, Clear Channel Communications sold the station to Signal Media for two million dollars.^[2] Upon completion of the sale, Signal is expected to flip KHLR to a new format come July 2011, with indications that it will flip to a Rhythmic contemporary format.^[3]

On July 19, 2011, at 6 PM, KHLR changed their format to rhythmic oldies, branded as "Heartbeat 106.7". The first song on "Heartbeat" was "Good Times" by Chic. Although its slogan was billed as "R&B+Old School," most of its music also featured artists from the early days of the Disco/Dance and Rhythmic Pop genres. Since the flip, KHLR had shifted its focus to a Rhythmic AC direction as it incorporated currents into the mix while retaining a gold-based presentation.

On August 12, 2015, at 5 PM, after playing "Last Dance" by Donna Summer, KHLR flipped to country, branded as "106.7 The Ride", and launched with a "commercial free 10,000 song free ride", beginning with "Kick the Dust Up" by Luke Bryan. The new Country format gives competition to former owner iHeartMedia’s combo of KSSN and KMJX. KHLR’s former format placed tenth in the Little Rock market with a 3.4 share in the Spring 2015 Nielsen Audio ratings. ^[4]

References

1 2 "KHKN (106.1 [sic] The Wolf)/Little Rock Set for Tom FM Flip" Radio Online 22 February 2008, accessed 12 January 2009
↑ "Little Rock's gospel "Hallelujah" sells for $2 million". Radio-Info.com. April 12, 2011.
↑ "Signal Media To Relaunch 106.7 Little Rock" from Radioinsight (June 23, 2011)
↑ Heartbeat 106.7 Little Rock Goes On A Country Ride

External links

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Radio-Locator information on KHLR

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Radio stations in the Little Rock, Arkansas market

By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 90.5 90.9 91.1 91.7 92.3 92.7 93.3 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.5 96.9 98.5 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.7 104.7 105.1 105.5 106.3 106.7 107.7

By AM frequency	690 760 880 920 1050 1090¹ 1250 1350 1380 1440 1530

By WX frequency	162.400 (Russell) 162.400 (Star City) 162.425 162.450 162.475 162.525 162.550

By callsign	K288EZ KAAY¹ KABF KABZ KAFN KANX KARN KARN-FM KASR KBDO KDIS-FM KDJE KDXE KFLI KHKN KHLR KHTE KIPR KJBN KKPT KKSP KLAL KLRG KLRE KMJX KMTL KNFR KOKY KOLL KPZK KPZK-FM KSSN KTUV KUAR KURB KVDW KVLO KWLR KZTD KZTS KXI91 KXI92 KXI96 WWF96 WXJ54 WXJ55 WXL66

Nearby radio markets Clarksdale El Dorado Ft. Smith Hot Springs Jonesboro Memphis See also List of radio stations in Arkansas ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.

Country radio stations in the state of Arkansas

Stations	KAAB-AM – Batesville KAGH-FM – Crossett KAMO-FM – Rogers KAMS – Mammoth Spring KARV-FM – Ola KBCN-FM – Marshall KBFC – Forrest City KBGB – Magness KBYB – Hope KCJC – Dardanelle KCMC-FM – Viola KCNY – Greenbrier KCXY – East Camden KCYT – Fayetteville KDEL-FM – Arkadelphia KDEW-FM – De Witt KDQN-FM – De Queen KDXY – Lake City KDYN – Ozark KDYN-FM – Coal Hill KFIN – Jonesboro KFFA – Helena KHBZ- Harrison KHGZ - Glenwood KHLR - Benton KHLS – Blytheville KHPA – Hope KHPQ – Clinton KHRK – Malvern KILX – De Queen KIXB – El Dorado KKIK – Horseshoe Bend KKIX – Fayetteville KLSZ-FM – Fort Smith KLYR – Clarksville KMAG – Fort Smith KMJX – Conway KMTB – Murfreesboro KNWA - Bellefonte KOOU - Hardy KOSE – Wilson KOKR – Newport KOTN – Gould KPFM – Mountain Home KPGG – Ashdown KQSM-FM – Bentonville KQUS-FM – Hot Springs KRZP – Gassville KSAR – Cherokee Village KSMD – Searcy KSSN – Little Rock KTCS-FM – Fort Smith KTHS – Green Forest KTHS-FM – Berryville KTLO – Mountain Home KTPA - Prescott KUOA – Siloam Springs KVMA – Magnolia KVMZ – Waldo KVOM – Morrilton KVOM-FM – Morrilton KWAK-FM – Stuttgart KWCK-FM – Searcy KWHF – Harrisburg KWOZ – Mountain View KWRF – Warren KWRF-FM – Warren KWYN – Wynne KWYN-FM – Wynne KXFE – Dumas KXIO – Clarksville KXSA – Dermott KYEL – Danville KYXK – Gurdon KZHE – Stamps

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Arkansas

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